Debt ceiling negotiations between Biden and McCarthy began again on Monday weeks or maybe just days before the federal government Runs out of cash house Republicans have already passed a debt ceiling bill that would also cut discretionary spending Significantly that bill is dead on arrival for Democrats who have long suggested raising the debt ceiling should not be conditioned on cutting government spending So where will things go from here? Also joining us now is senior elections analyst Nathaniel Rekach.
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast gets ready for a big week in politics. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott officially kicked off his presidential campaign in North Charleston Monday morning. We also expect the long-teased Ron DeSantis presidential campaign to become a reality this week. And, according to the Treasury Department we are just a week or so away from a possible default on the nation’s debt. National politics reporter at the AP Meg Kinnard and Data Columnist at the Washington Post join the crew to weigh in.
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